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94 A Busy Life. repay even a cursory glance? Surely not. For certainly no study is better suited to promote thor- ough mental discipline, than the philosophy of phil- osophies. Can the science of nature, of mind, of government, of morals, present grander themes than the science of GOD, himself the author of nature, the Father of spirits, the source of authority, the found- ation and rule of right? What study demands more rapt attention, more profound thought, closer rea- soning? What better calculated to expand and ennoble the powers of mind than familiarity with him who fills immensity ? What better suited to mortify pride of intellect and teach the most lovely humil- ity, than the study of the being, perfections and works of the infinite One ? at every step the might- iest intellect discerning that he is pressing hard on the unsearchable is in the immediate presence of him whose ways are past finding out? What better suited to stimulate and at the same time chasten the imagination and refine the taste, than familiarity with the gorgeous imagery of the prophets than dwelling in the very Holy of Holies of the true, the beautiful, the sublime? But facts confirm this conclusion. Take a survey of the cultivated intellect of the last eighteen hun- dred years. Mark the minds that stand pre-eminent